Sexual Assault

Sexual assault is any type of sexual contact or behavior that occurs without the explicit consent of the recipient. Consent has to be clearly and freely given and the absence of "no" is not consent. Silence, passivity, or a lack of active resistance does not imply consent. Consent cannot be obtained by intimidation, threat, coercion, force, or when the assailant knows or has reason to know that the survivor is mentally incapacitated (temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling their conduct due to influence of narcotics, alcohol, or some other condition), or when the survivor is physically helpless (unconscious, asleep, or for any other reason physically unable to communicate unwillingness). Consent can be revoked at any time.